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usually uncountable, plural marcs
The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed. examples
An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes. quotations examples
There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.
1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 298
The fire was restoked and the army of wine-bottles gave way to a smaller phalanx of brandies, Armagnacs and Marcs, to offset the large bowls of coffee from which rose plumes of fragrance.
1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 60
plural marcs
(historical, uncommon) Alternative form of mark: various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies.